The Feasibility and Utility of Continuous Sleep Monitoring in Critically Ill Patients Using a Portable Electroencephalography Monitor.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sleep disruption in critically ill adults can result in acute decrements in cognitive function, including delirium, but it is underdiagnosed in the setting of the intensive care unit (ICU). Although sleep stages can be assessed by polysomnography (PSG), acquisition and interpretation of PSG is costly, is labor intensive, is difficult to do over an extended period of time with critically ill patients (multiple days of continuous recording), and may interfere with patient care. In this pilot study, we investigated the feasibility and utility of monitoring sleep in the ICU setting using a portable electroencephalography (EEG) monitor, the SedLine brain monitor.

Methods

We first performed a baseline comparison study of the SedLine brain monitor by comparing its record

SUBMITTER: Vacas S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5493322 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature